Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two-layer structure will be stable only if the density of the cool , clear upper layer is less than the bulk density of the sedimenting lower layer . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were the Pentagon or the White House I 'd be upset too if a US Air Force bomber or cargo plane , carrying a load of bombs , suddenly disappeared into the sea . |
| 3 | TINY tot Stuart McKane is lucky to be alive today after a kitchen oven fell and pinned him to the floor . |
| 4 | If it is used too early , it can be confusing so that the reader has to ‘ count back ’ to find out who is speaking and readers are not generally prepared to do that too often . |
| 5 | For effectively open-circuit operation the resistance of the bias circuit has to be high enough or a choke of high enough reactance has to be connected in series with it . |
| 6 | She would be afraid again and the people would see her vulnerability . |
| 7 | Each stage involves goals for the patient : while they have to be progressive , they should always be attainable so that the patient remains well motivated , and avoids depression . |
| 8 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 9 | It would be ironic indeed if the AFBD 's new populist hastened the downfall of his Athens . |
| 10 | If the Secretary of State has considered a proposed merger and made a decision as to clearance or otherwise in respect of it a fee will also be payable even if no application for clearance has been made . |
| 11 | This liability would be payable even if the venture failed , and all the capital were lost . |
| 12 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 13 | It is probably unnecessary to specify the president , as the relevant institution 's procedures will be similar even if the president is not specified . |
| 14 | General grants would be appropriate only if the grantor felt that all local services were merit goods . |
| 15 | This conclusion is controversial ; a legal issue does not cease to be such simply because the term in question is open to a range of possible meanings . |
| 16 | Where all the needles are working , you are knitting full needle rib and the yarn needs to be fine enough and the tension right , to allow the machine to knit I used Bramwell 's 3-ply duo for this at tension four on both carriages . |
| 17 | They will go on doing so , but they can be effective only if the fighting which seems to have broken out and the looting that I described cease . |
| 18 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before I expressed an opinion . |
| 19 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before expressing an opinion . |
| 20 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 21 | The class teacher 's general class management and discipline must be good so that the support teacher does not have to work in an atmosphere of excessive noise , nor for that matter in one of silence . |
| 22 | then we may be sure both that the sergeant means his words to be perceived as an order , and that the private will perceive them as such . |
| 23 | The discipline of information science , which attempts to study all the ways in which human beings communicate information with each other and the many facilities which make it easier to perform , is in its earliest formative years , and it will be a long time before we can be sure either that the science of information is a true discipline or that it can deliver its present optimistic promises . |
| 24 | It is not intended that this plan should be ‘ cast in concrete ’ but , rather , that it should be flexible so that the school looks ahead but remains responsive to future changes in circumstances . |
| 25 | I do not disregard the possibility that some rituals in some societies do indeed perform such a function , but this interpretation would be meaningful only if the members of those societies could be shown in their various ideas and practices — in particular those concerning personhood — to endorse such an interpretation . |
| 26 | The British played an important part in triggering off a European response to American signals that large-scale aid would be forthcoming only if the Europeans themselves demonstrated an ability to co-operate and to produce a programme for recovery which satisfied American criteria . |
| 27 | There seems no good reason why herbs should not be used at home to cure many minor ills , in the same way that aspirin are useful for headaches , toothache , etc. , and the day may not be far away when a book of standard prescriptions using herbs is universally available . |
| 28 | In that way fast passenger links to the north-west will be available shortly after the tunnel is opened . |
| 29 | Real specimens too can be available so that the size of an organ , or the appearance of tissue can be appreciated . |
| 30 | The computer programme ( Carafe — Computer Assisted Ration Accounting and Food Evaluation ) allows a wide range of management information to be available so that the efficiency and performance of staff and systems can be monitored . |